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UK buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages are set to undergo a green revolution, with the introduction of regulations that could create a new energy efficient UK RMBS asset class, said DBRS. -
The European Commission has published a consultation on how European banks ought to recognise their non-performing loans (NPLs), weighing in on a bitter debate between the European Central Bank and certain members of the European Parliament — and coming down broadly on the ECB’s side.
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The European Parliament’s legal service has hit back against a proposal by the European Central Bank (ECB) to make banks provision non-performing loans (NPLs) more aggressively, as analysts grilled the management teams from Italy’s largest banks on how they could handle the problem.
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Unclogging the balance sheets of Europe’s banks has been a long and painful process, and one that has inhibited the region’s growth and recovery. But, as Bill Thornhill reports, the first securitization of non-performing loans without a government guarantee by a Portuguese bank this week is a crucial development for Europe’s heavily burdened banking sector.
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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop their capital markets and will look to draw up legal frameworks to develop covered bond and securitization markets.
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Changes put forward under Republican tax plans could dent the attractiveness of high yield debt and leveraged loans, according to analysts, but a cut to the corporate tax rate and a potential holiday for repatriated cash would be positives for US corporates.
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The US Republican party has proposed an overhaul of the tax code, which could slash the corporate tax rate to 20% but could also cut the mortgage interest deductions enjoyed by homeowners, a move that could dent prices at the high end of the housing market.
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Lending Club is exploring the idea of operating as a bank or obtaining a fintech bank charter in order to keep pace with a changing lending and regulatory landscape, an executive from the marketplace lender said on Thursday.
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The great and the good of the European Union were lining up last week to pat themselves on the back for passing securitization reform, including the framework for the long-awaited simple transparent securitization label, but officials should forget the self-congratulatory crowing, and work to make ABS a more attractive funding option for issuers.
